Gigabyte GV-NX78T256V-B (NVIDIA 7800GT) Graphics Card Review 1/5
Bluetooth 2 Sep 2005

Intro

The new GV-NX78T256V-B introduces an incredible 20 pixel pipeline in what is arguably the industry's powerful and technically advanced graphics accelerator card. The new high-end VGA card from GIGABYTE boasts NVIDIA's top-three mainstream architectures, the Power of 3, which comprise Shader Model 3.0, HDR (High dynamic-range), and SLI technology, and also supports a host of industry wide technological advancements such as OpenGL 2.0 and Microsoft Vista™ 64-bit operating systems.

The card is equipped with PureVideo™ technology that ensures support for new video formats, while its motion estimation engine (MEE) allows the card to record and play video files simultaneously without interrupting system performance. An added value PureVideo™ provides is its high-definition MPEG-2 and WMV HD hardware accelerator that take on much of the heavy lifting during playback of Hi-Def video. Other video playback enhancements include a unique color correction mechanism that will help to create a home theater from a PC.

With SLI, two GV-NX78T256V-B can be paried up to Deliver up to 2X the performance of a single GPU configuration for unparalleled gaming experiences by allowing two graphics cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI Express graphics, SLI dramatically scales performance on 60 top PC games.

GV-NX78T256V-B comes with 256MB DDR3 with GPU core running at 405MHz and memory at 1000MHz. How far can we overclock this card which is only 20 pixel pipeline. Will it be comparable to the more expensive 7800GTX card ? We shall see in the next few pages.

Manual, Drivers and Games CDROM
Software included are : Xpand Rally, SpellForce, Power Director 3,
Cyberlink PowerDVD 6 and Detonator Driver CD

DVI/D-SUB Adapter, HDTV Cable and power cable for the graphics card

Specification

Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT     Memory 256 MB     Memory Bus 256 bit     BUS PCI-e x 16     Memory Type DDRIII 8Mx32     D-SUB Y     TV-OUT Y     DVI Port Y (DVI-I)     MultiView Y     Tools V-Tuner II

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